11-2016.
In the blink of an eye It’s a different scene On the big movie screen So easy to get absorbed In the story line of time.
Photos are all I have At times, Of smiling familiar faces, My family spread out. I would travel often
What is the happiest moment of the… When I make someone laugh When I am of use for the good When I show kindness When I hold a hand
Leaves falling, Another season Decorating the earth. One red leaf In my path,
Itchy eyes scaly feet achy joints and bad teeth hair so fine
Summer is near it’s end, I regret not visiting my childhood home, near the gulf, where the sunset
When you are not here An empty heart full of fear Arises and wonders If I will see you again. What will I do without
Unable to be all things For all people, Perhaps at one time, I tried. Those days are
Driving down the road, The song, “Let It Be” Came on the radio. Taking me back to Various scenarios.
An owl hoots on this cool, crisp Spring night. A sound that’s distant yet echos
Perhaps it is the mind separating things into this and that. Perhaps it is the mind with it’s preferences
When I sit And watch The in and out Of breath, Thoughts no longer
I remember your smile, your laugh,… you gave so freely. It’s hard that you are gone. I sigh and walk along the bay.
Yellow finches Line the bird feeder Against Spring’ s canopy Of green and purple tapestry. Back and forth they go
Today, I wish the pain to go, the fatigue that I fight so. This process of aging is unkind and yet, the law of nature is a fast lane of change.